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2025/26 canola production jumps nearly 13 per cent

AAFC issues August S/D report

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 3 days ago

There were sharp changes in Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s estimates for the 2025/26 canola crop when it came to production and ending stocks. AAFC has now pegged canola output at 20.10 million tonnes, up 12.9 per cent from its July forecast. Also, the oilseed’s carryout was doubled from last month to now 2.20 million tonnes.

Canola, Markets

A missed opportunity for farmers says analyst

Prices heading down following crop-saving rains

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm 4 days ago

Farmers have likely lost an opportunity to get better prices for their crops, such as canola, just as the harvest across the Canadian Prairies begins to pick up speed, an analyst warned.

Mature standing canola is ready for harvest in west-central Manitoba in late September. PHOTO: ALEXIS STOCKFORD

News, Reuters

China buys first Australian canola cargo since 2020, traders say

By Ella Cao, Naveen Thukral, Reuters 6 days ago

A Chinese state-run trading firm has booked a cargo of about 50,000 metric tons of new-crop Australian canola, two traders told Reuters, just days after Beijing imposed temporary levies on top supplier Canada.

Antoine Bernet, country division head with Bayer Crop Science in Canada, believes that oilseed crops grown in Canada have a huge opportunity to supply growing demand for biofuels. Next to Bernet is a camelina plot at the Bayer research farm near Saskatoon | Robert Arnason photo

Canola, Crops, Features

Head of Bayer Canada bullish on biofuel sector’s future

Company believes Canadian farmers have an opportunity to grow oilseeds and provide feedstock for biofuel

By Robert Arnason August 15, 2025

Antoine Bernet, country head of Canada for Bayer Crop Science, believes biofuels represent a massive opportunity for oilseed growers in Canada. One of those oilseed crops is camelina, as Bayer recently acquired a camelina company from Saskatoon.

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre addresses electric vehicles and China’s recent tariffs against Canadian canola seed at a press event on a Saskatchewan grain farm Aug. 14, 2025. Photo: Janelle Rudolph

Parties unitedly condemn China tariffs on Canadian canola

China’s 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called ‘unjustified,’ spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada’s Liberal government

By Miranda Leybourne August 15, 2025

China's 75.8 per cent tariffs against Canadian canola seed called 'unjustified' spark calls for immediate federal response from Canada's Liberal government.

News, Reuters

Canada looking at support for canola farmers hit by China tariffs, says Carney

By Reuters August 14, 2025

Canada is focusing on a series of measures to support canola farmers hit by China's latest tariffs, Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday, but did not give specific details.

Pierre Poilievre at Sixteen Grains near Saskatoon, Sask. speaking to one of the farm owners.

News

Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

The Conservative leader’s Saskatchewan pit stop named the gas vehicle ban and canola tariffs as rural threats.

By Janelle Rudolph August 14, 2025

Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre promises EV action and calls for canola compensation

Crops, News, Reuters

Importers struggle to resell Canadian canola meal caught in China tariff crossfire

By Naveen Thukral, Reuters August 14, 2025

Importers are struggling to resell several cargoes of Canadian canola meal that arrived in China after Beijing imposed hefty import tariffs on the protein-rich ingredient, three trade sources said.

Canola, Markets

ICE Weekly: Canola correction brightens outlook

Canola prices rise day after China announcement

By Adam Peleshaty August 13, 2025

Canola prices made up some ground on Aug. 13, which caused a bit of uncertainty as to where prices could go in the coming weeks.

Crops, News, Reuters

Canadian farmers reel as China blocks top canola seed market

By Ed White, Reuters August 13, 2025

Canadian farmers are reeling from China's decision to impose hefty duties on their canola seed, after the surprise move spooked grain buyers into halting purchases and stoked worries there will be little demand for crop deliveries this autumn.

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures rise as Cattle on Feed report shows lower inventory

Canadian cattle herd sees first year-over-year increase since 2021

U.S. grains: Soybeans extend gains to two-month peak; corn and wheat choppy

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